An Allentown
man today denied allegations that he grabbed women's buttocks at Musikfest last
year and is willing to take a lie-detector test before heading to trial next
month.

Rafael Santiago-Lozado,
30, allegedly touched the women while walking around at the annual Bethlehem music festival. City police allege Santiagio-Lozado was drunk at the time and ignored police instructions, according to court documents. He was one of 33 people arrested for disorderly conduct at the festival in 2011.

The 30-year-old takes
issue with the alleged grabbing.

"It's disorderly conduct
for something I didn't do," he said.

Assistant District
Attorney Patricia Fuentes Mulqueen said a polygraph test would take place sometime before the trial, which is slated for
Oct. 1. Santiago-Lozado acknowledged he thought the polygraph test went a bit "overboard," but said he couldn't
plead guilty to an offense he didn't commit.

"I would just like to get
this whole thing behind me," he said.

The case was transferred
to Northampton County
court in July, according to court documents. Northampton County Judge Leonard Zito
said the court will move ahead with the trial in October.

"This will not be
continued," Zito said. "You can take all the polygraph tests you want."

Zito said Santiago-Lozado
would have faced a probation sentence if he pleaded guilty to public drunkenness
and failure to disperse upon an officer's order. Mulqueen indicated that two Bethlehem
police officers would testify at the trial.

If Santiago-Lozado goes to trial, he will also face a disorderly conduct charge.